[itdiscuss] mac or PC?

[Glenn Kelley]

My first computer was so easy to use...

to reboot - I had to shake it.

to reset - I had to shake it...

to erase the hard drive -  yup you got it ... I had to shake it.

it had no mouse - it had no keyboard...

it only had 2 dials -  one went up and one went down...

anyone care to guess what it was?




On Sep 17, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Stephen Ollis wrote:

> Yeap I remember DEC. I was employed in customer support here in  
> Sydney, or sno2-3/f3. Google searches for stl.dec.com (redbck and  
> funlwb) will show nntp news posts I did while employed there.
>
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> From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
> To: discuss at itdiscuss.org
> Sent: Wed Sep 17 23:15:16 2008
> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?
>
> Selective memory….
>
> Just remember it all boils down to 1s and 0s.  A computer, is a  
> computer, is a computer….  Some of us have been around long enough  
> to know what is popular today will go out of style tomorrow.  Anyone  
> remember DEC?
>
>
>
> Bill Lloyd
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> ] On Behalf Of Lou Hablas
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 9:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?
>
> Hmmmm...I've got very fond memories of the token-ring, Netware  
> network at SunTrust...yep, those were the days...;)
>
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> ] On Behalf Of blloyd at buskercom.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:38 AM
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> Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] mac or PC?
> Sorry, the discussion just brought back bad dreams….
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> ] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Thompson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:32 AM
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> Bill we were trying to forget the dark ages ... :P
>
> On Sep 17, 2008, at 6:53 AM, <blloyd at buskercom.com> wrote:
>
> 10 years ago macs were only nightmares to those who were afraid of  
> them.  =)
>
> Before the “dawn” of Win95 EVERYTHING was easier on a mac,  
> especially networking.  Easier translatated to less work and better  
> overall productivity for both the IT staff and users.  It just  
> worked.   There were no 8.3 file name limits, you didn’t have to  
> come up with criptic names for network or printer shares, and you  
> didn’t have to assign letters to network drives.
>
> With PCs you had to do all kinds of weird stuff just to make them  
> work together.  Do any of you remember NDIS drivers and getting them  
> to work?  Do you remember how to load the “middleware” that actually  
> let you connect to a network server?  Remember BANYAN VINES, LANMAN,  
> PATHWORKS, and NETWARE?  Those were the days that an IT guy earned  
> his/her stripes.  Take me back….please….take me back….
>
> (By the way, I appologize ahead of time for any misspelled words.  I  
> still can’t get the Office 2007 spell checker to work.)
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